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Bombed Doctors Without Borders Clinic’s Location Was No Mystery

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The Afghans who asked for the U.S. airstrike that killed 22 Doctors Without Borders staff and patients likely knew the target was a hospital. But what about the U.S. gunship’s crew?

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Afghan troops, not Americans, requested the U.S. airstrike that destroyed part of a Doctors Without Borders clinic. And it seems possible the Afghans knew full well the compound they were asking be targeted was a hospital.

The hour-long chain of aerial attacks in the early morning of October 3 on the...

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